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That monument is dedicated to the men
of the 3rd Australian Division. It can be seen from Hamel Australian Corps
Memorial Park. It is located prominently on the north slope of the Somme
valley, on the border of the Corbie-Bray road. That division arrived on
the Western front in December 1916. Its first main involvement was Messines
in June 1917, near Ieper. In 1918, it was went in the Somme to help to
slow down the German Spring offensive while the allied front there was
broken. Then the division had a first importance role in the same sector
during fights for Morlancourt, Treux and Hamel. The 3rd division finally
contributed to the final push launched in August 1918. The Memorial stands
logically in the middle of an area where it did most of its famous actions.
Memorial of other divisions are dispatched in North of France and in Belgium.
The closer ones are in Pozières and La Boisselle (north of Albert,
to Bapaume). One kilometer away, toward Corbie, after the old brick factory,
there is the site were the famous Red Baron crashed.
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